Written by

Kyle Tucker
(Louisville) Courier-Journal

LEXINGTON, KY. - There was a new video intro Wednesday night on the big screens at Rupp Arena. Freshman center Willie Cauley-Stein told the crowd that the University of Kentucky basketball team's meeting with Vanderbilt was "the biggest game on our schedule." He and his teammates then repeated a phrase over and over: "Let's fight."

The Wildcats, with their backs against the wall, in their second game without injured star Nerlens Noel and first since Saturday's debacle at Tennessee, came out swinging. They threatened to clobber the Commodores then held off a rally to win 74-70 in a game that ...